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EmoticCare -An AI Chatbot for Real-Time Emotional Support Combining NLP and emotional intelligence to assist users in managing stress, anxiety, and depression
Dr. D. Selvapandian1
Hari Viswanath A2
Harshavardhan M3
Bala Darshan RS4
1 HOD, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Rathinam Technical Campus, Coimbatore, Tamilnadu, India. 2 3 4 Final Year Students, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Rathinam Technical Campus, Coimbatore, Tamilnadu, India.
Published Online: September-December 2025
Pages: 167-170
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↗ https://www.doi.org/10.59256/indjcst.20250403027
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5. Raut, R., Kolambe, S., Borkar, P., Shingade, A., & Gulhane, M. Depression Therapy Chat-Bot using Natural Language Processing. International Journal of Intelligent Systems and Applications in Engineering (IJISAE), 2023. IJISAE
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12. Halder, Susmita. Developing Mental Health Support Chatbots in. Annals of Indian Psychiatry, 2025. Lippincott
13. “Revolutionizing Mental Health Care through LangChain: A Journey with a Large Language Model.” Aditi Singh, Abul Ehtesham, Saifuddin Mahmud, Jong-Hoon Kim. ArXiv preprint, 2024. arXiv
14. “Combining Artificial Users and Psychotherapist Assessment to Evaluate Large Language Model-based Mental Health Chatbots.” Florian Onur Kuhlmeier, Leon Hanschmann, Melina Rabe, Stefan Lüdtke, Eva-Lotta Brakemeier, Alexander Maedche. ArXiv, 2025. arXiv
15. TheraGen: Kartikey Doshi, Jimit Shah, Narendra Shekokar. TheraGen: Therapy for Every Generation. ArXiv preprint, 2024. arXiv
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